Tuesday, July 12, 2011

tractor trailer



A common expression on radio traffic reports is :
There's a tractor trailer jacknifed on the 401.

'jacknifed' means that the tractor and the trailer are bent like a jacknife.
or
... that the first trailer and the second trailer are bent like a jacknife.
but I don't see double trailers anymore.
I think the government has banned rigs with 2 trailers.